{"data":{"id":"us-il/70-ilcs-3615-4.03.3","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"70 ILCS 3615/4.03.3","heading":"Distribution of Revenues.","body":"(a) (Blank).\n(b) (Blank).\n(c) (Blank).\n(d) (Blank).\n(d-5) For fiscal years 2027, 2028, and 2029, the Authority, after making deductions to cover the Authority's expenses, including Administrative Operating Expenses, Regional Services Operating Expense, Program and Project Expenses, Joint Self-Insurance Fund, and debt service obligations, and the cost of ADA paratransit service shall allocate operating revenue from all sources as follows:\n(1) An amount to each Service Board equal to the amount of the total public funding and the federal relief funding the Service Board received in Fiscal Year 2025 under the Regional Budget adopted by the Authority in December 2024.\n(2) Any amount remaining after the distribution under paragraph (1) shall be allocated to the Service Boards in proportion to the sum of each Service Board's percentage of:\n(A) vehicle revenue miles;\n(B) passenger miles traveled;\n(C) unlinked passenger trips; and\n(D) vehicle revenue hours.\n(d-10) The Board of the Authority may, by ordinance, adjust the amounts allocated to each of the Service Boards under paragraph (2) of subsection (d-5) if it finds that the allocation of funds under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d-5) has a disproportionately adverse impact on the service levels of any Service Board and shall make appropriate adjustments to address the disproportionate adverse impact.\n(d-15) For fiscal years 2030, 2031, and 2032, the Authority, after making deductions to cover the Authority's expenses, including Administrative Operating Expenses, Regional Services Operating Expense, Program and Project Expenses, Joint Self-Insurance Fund, and debt service obligations and the cost of ADA paratransit service, shall allocate operating revenue from all sources to each Service Board in an amount equal to the amount of the total public funding and federal relief funding the Service Board received in Fiscal Year 2025 under the Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan adopted by the Authority in December 2024. Any amount remaining after the distribution under subsection (d-10) shall be allocated to the Service Boards by the Authority under the service standards.\n(d-20) For Fiscal Year 2033 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Authority, after making deductions to cover the Authority's expenses, shall allocate operating revenue from all sources to the Service Boards under the service standards.\n(d-25) The allocation of funds for any fiscal year shall be sufficient to satisfy the debt service obligations of the Service Boards entered into in compliance with the requirements of this Act.\n(e) With respect to those taxes collected in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties and paid directly to the counties under Section 4.03, the County Board of each county shall use those amounts to fund operating and capital costs of public safety and public transportation services or facilities or to fund operating, capital, right-of-way, construction, and maintenance costs of other transportation purposes, including road, bridge, public safety, and transit purposes intended to improve mobility or reduce congestion in the county. The receipt of funding by such counties pursuant to this paragraph shall not be used as the basis for reducing any funds that such counties would otherwise have received from the State of Illinois, any agency or instrumentality thereof, the Authority, or the Service Boards.\n(f) The Authority by ordinance approved by a supermajority vote shall apportion to the Service Boards funds provided by the State of Illinois under Section 4.09(a)(1) as it shall determine and shall make payment of the amounts to each Service Board as soon as may be practicable upon their receipt provided the Authority has adopted a balanced budget as required by Section 4.01 and further provided the Service Board is in compliance with the requirements in Section 4.11.\n(g) Beginning January 1, 2009, before making any payments, transfers, or expenditures under this Section to a Service Board, the Authority must first comply with Section 4.02a or 4.02b of this Act, whichever may be applicable.\n(h) Moneys may be appropriated from the Public Transportation Fund to the Office of the Executive Inspector General for the costs incurred by the Executive Inspector General while serving as the inspector general for the Authority and each of the Service Boards. Beginning December 31, 2012, and each year thereafter, the Office of the Executive Inspector General shall annually report to the General Assembly the expenses incurred while serving as the inspector general for the Authority and each of the Service Boards.","path":["CHAPTER 70 SPECIAL DISTRICTS","Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=984\u0026ChapterID=15\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:25Z","sha256":"622bdf397957e85a719e12cf7c14073f540bdd721ee5b03df67ba224e1396f9f","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/70-ilcs-3615-4.03.1","next":"us-il/70-ilcs-3615-4.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}